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Frankel Going for More Cartier Honours
30/08/12

Frankel, so impressive when tried over 10 furlongs for the first time in the Juddmonte International at York on August 22, has ed Camelot at the top of the latest point standings for the 2012 Cartier Horse Of The Year Award.

Frankel
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It now looks a two-horse race between these unbeaten and outstanding performers for top Cartier honours this year, barring completely unforeseen happenings.

But the world’s highest-rated racehorse Frankel, who was 2010, must be odds-on favourite to triumph again, such was his demolition of a high-class field at York.

The Cartier Racing Awards are in their 22nd year, having been established in 1991 to reward excellence in horseracing. They are determined by points earned by horses in Pattern races throughout 2012, combined at the end of season with the opinions of a of racing journalists and votes from readers of the Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph.

In addition to eight equine awards, the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit goes to the person or persons who, in the opinion of the special Cartier Jury, has/have done the most for European racing and/or breeding either over their lifetime or within the past 12 months.

European horseracing’s equivalent of the Oscars will be presented during a glittering ceremony before an invited audience at London’s Dorchester Hotel on Tuesday evening, November 13.

The Fugue
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Frankel holds a dominant lead in the 2012 Cartier Older Horse category, followed by the retired So You Think on 78 and Cirrus Des Aigles on 72.

Camelot, owned by a Coolmore partnership, trained by Aidan O’Brien and ridden by Joseph O’Brien, is on target for the Gold Cup winner Colour Vision (60) and Opinion Poll (36) in first and second ahead of last week’s York disappointment Saddler’s Rock (28).

Mayson
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The Clive Cox-trained Reckless Abandon (64), who won the Group One Darley Prix Morny at Deauville on August 19 after a duo of Group Two wins, holds a definite advantage from Olympic Glory (40) in the race for the Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt Award, while Sendmylovetorose (24) is just ahead in the Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly standings.

Harry Herbert, Cartier’s racing consultant, commented: “Frankel is an outstanding horse by any measure and it was thrilling to see him perform so brilliantly over a mile and a quarter at York.

“Camelot will need to end this season in some style to have a chance of becoming Cartier Horse Of The Year.”

Cartier Racing Awards points up to and including August 26, 2012

CARTIER HORSE OF THE YEAR
CAMELOT 144
FRANKEL 144
THE FUGUE 82
SO YOU THINK 78

CARTIER OLDER HORSE
FRANKEL 144
SO YOU THINK 78
CIRRUS DES AIGLES 72

CARTIER THREE-YEAR-OLD COLT
CAMELOT 144
SAONOIS 58
MOST IMPROVED 48
SAINT BAUDOLINO 48

CARTIER THREE-YEAR-FILLY
THE FUGUE 82
WAS 68
BEAUTY PARLOUR 56
ELUSIVE KATE 56

CARTIER TWO-YEAR-OLD COLT
RECKLESS ABANDON 64
OLYMPIC GLORY 40
PEDRO THE GREAT 32

CARTIER TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY
SENDMYLOVETOROSE 24
MY SPECIAL J’S 20
CEILING KITTY 16
HARASIYA 16
MAUREEN 16
ROSDHU QUEEN 16

CARTIER STAYER
COLOUR VISION 60
OPINION POLL 36
SADDLER’S ROCK 28

CARTIER SPRINTER
MAYSON 56
MOONLIGHT CLOUD 56
ORTENSIA 54
BLACK CAVIAR 48

Past winners at the Cartier Racing Awards